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ESOF finalises activities in Toulouse tackling environmental issues, research, innovation
About 4,500 researchers, students, business leaders, policymakers, journalists attended forum
Egypt excludes AOS from approved wheat seller list, approves import of 120,000 tonnes of wheat
Egypt decided to exclude one of the top suppliers from the country’s list of approved sellers after multiple delays in the delivery of wheat cargoes. Egypt is the world’s largest wheat importer. Wheat imports in fiscal year (FY) 2016-2017 are estimated at 11.5m tonnes—about the same as the previous year—and about 1m above average for …
6th National Youth Conference to be held by end of July: SIS
‘Ask the President’ opened for a week starting Tuesday to allow university students to address their inquiries to Al-Sisi
ECA obliges entities to notify it of M&As over EGP 100m per year
The Egyptian Competition Authority has amended the Merger and Acquisition model to be effective starting September. Based on the amendment, Article 19 Sub-Article 2 stipulates businesses of over EGP 100m per year should notify the ECA when they acquire new assets, equity, and stocks, or join alliances. The law also sets a penalty for all …
Aur Capital cooperate with Wadi Degla in EGP 2.35bn transaction
We aim to double the land portfolio three times in five years, says chairperson
Supreme Court candidacy crisis
The decision made by US Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony McLeod Kennedy to retire at the end of June has raised a crisis to choose an alternative for him in the American Supreme Court, which is the second battle that US President Donald Trump is getting into after his success in choosing Republican judge Neil …
Al-Sisi asserts Egypt’s strong will to find final results in Regeni’s case
Egypt’s president discussed with Italian Interior Minister Salvini bilateral relations
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Houthis express readiness to hand over Al-Hudaydah to UN supervision
Abdel Malek Al-Houthi demands UN to stop Saudi-led coalition aggression on Al-Hudaydah
Iraqis protest over lack of services, increase of Iranian interventions
Abadi vows to work for enhancing public services, countering corruption
Al-Azhar Grand Imam discusses principles of peace, justice with Blair
Meeting was held during Al-Tayeb’s visit to London
Zionist entity succeeds in sowing seeds of sabotage in our societies through social media
Several years ago, the intelligence services of the Zionist enemy established an integrated e-team whose mission is to create sectarian strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, Muslims and Christians in the Middle East, and among the Palestinians themselves. This specialised team created pages and groups on social media, named after famous Muslim and Christian personas, …
Ministry of Transport says it will not hike prices of train tickets before development
Egypt’s railways have suffered for a long time from lacking any safety standards
Geraint Thomas takes Tour de France stage 11, plus yellow jersey
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EU steels itself with new tariffs aimed at protecting domestic industry
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How Nico went from supermodel to ‘priestess of darkness’
Six ways AI can assist your e-commerce business
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have been developing quickly in the past period. One of the most prominent sectors that benefit from this development is e-commerce, specifically marketing. In fact, according to many e-marketing experts, the coming few years will see an integrated AI system replacing traditional marketing as we know it today. AI applications have …
OPPO is in breach of contracts with mobile phone dealers: El-Mahdy
A new crisis has erupted between mobile phone dealers and Chinese company OPPO due to the company’s going back on its contracts with dealers. Traders said that the company refuses to continue the contracts concluded with traders and ignored its obligations, despite many of them realising the required target of sales. A number of traders …
Samsung regains lead of Egypt’s tablet market, Apple degrades
Samsung recovered its lead of the local market of tablets in June after raising its market share to 43.01%, up from 39.2% in May, surpassing Apple. According to a StatCounter report, Apple’s market share in tablet sales fell to 38.14% in June, compared to 41.13% in May—a decline of 3%. Thus, competition is likely to …
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Ministry of Finance, MCIT Jointly Cooperate to Maximize Technological Solutions Benefits
We intensify our efforts to implement a unified system for tracking all financial transactions electronically, says Moeit
Implementation of comprehensive health insurance subject to formation of financial, monitoring, operational bodies: Health Ministry
First phase of health insurance will cost about EGP 9.3bn, will be firstly applied in Port Said, then in another Suez Canal governorate after six months
Parliament asks for three-month report on tax disputes
Tax disputes referred to judiciary are about 150,000, including appeals against income, sales taxation, VAT, stamp duties
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Industry committee agent in parliament submits draft law to remove detergents from table tax
Eliminating detergents from table taxes over upcoming period is not possible with Finance Ministry targeting tax revenues worth EGP 770bn, with VAT and table tax representing EGP 320bn of them
Parliament approves ‘Egypt’s Fund’ with EGP 200bn capital
Initial procedures of collecting funds for Egyptian sovereign fund in Q1 2019, says government sources
Bundesliga: DFL rejects Martin Kind’s application for exception to 50+1 rule
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MOC Petroleum launches recycling waste, solid product plant with EGP 240m investment
Plant will achieve an investment return exceeding 50% in first year of operation, says company’s president
Google fined €4.3 billion by EU regulator
AFAA recommends application of international standards to encourage investment, increase transparency, disclosure
The Arab Federation of Accountants and Auditors (AFAA) recommended the application of international standards to encourage investment, increase transparency, and disclosure, stressing that the application of these international standards in the Arab world helps attract international companies to invest in it. This came at the conclusion of the fifth scientific day organised by the AFAA …